[316] One of these complaints was that the United States now prohibited the sale, in her ports, of prizes taken from the British by French cruisers. This practice, not accorded by the treaty with France, and which had made an unfriendly distinction against Great Britain, was forbidden by Jay's treaty.
[317] Speech of M. Dentzel in the Conseil des Anciens. Moniteur, An 7, p. 555.
[318] Am. State Papers, vol. ii. p. 28.
[319] Ibid., vol. ii. p. 163.
[320] Letter to Talleyrand, Am. State Papers, vol. ii. p. 178.
[321] Ibid., vol. i. pp. 740, 748.
[322] The day after the news of Rivoli was received, Mr. Pinckney, who had remained in Paris, though unrecognized, was curtly directed to leave France.
[323] Am. State Papers, vol. ii. p. 13.
[324] Ibid., p. 14.
[325] American State Papers, vol. ii. p. 14.